MISD saves more than $1 million on energy expenses

Published 5:36 am, Thursday, August 21, 2014

Midland ISD’s energy-savings program has saved the district nearly $1.26 million in utility costs in its first year, Superintendent Ryder Warren announced Tuesday in a press release.

The district’s partnership with energy-savings company Cenergistic began in June 2013. Two MISD energy specialists, Wes Jones and Jayson Everett, oversee a “comprehensive energy management and conservation program” in all district buildings.

Warren said in the release that the program not only saves taxpayer dollars, but that it reduces the district’s environmental impact, too.

“Because of the millions of dollars leaving our community in relation to the Texas Robin Hood Finance System, we knew we needed to save as many local dollars as we could, and we are doing just that,” Warren wrote.